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thatsmyfish

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Nov 20, 2009
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Hi all,

I’m hoping you can help me save some money. I use my AirPods religiously, daily. I believe I bought them in October 2018, so I know with heavy use the battery may start waning. They’ve been hanging in there, but I upgraded to the 11 Max Pro Tuesday and today I noticed a heavy battery drain when connected. My wife and I watched TV on the iPad for 90 minutes and I saw a 30% drain but I went from 80-10 twice while connected to the iPhone doing Audibles.

I made a 4 minute phone call and just lost another 7% switching back to the phone.

I’m fine upgrading but was curious if there is any reason a new phone might trigger a perceived increase in battery drain.
 
Lot of updating and sleep/wake with new phone. Might be triggering on and off connection with AirPods.
 
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